Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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